Various – Evangelion Finally

This thing is dead quiet and sounds insane. Side A is worth price of ission alone, everything else is a bonus.

I got this record for a friend because, god dammit, I did not have time to get him a pillow.

I have what seems to be the 2021 version and it sounds amazing, super clean and dead silent (when it's meant to be silent...). Really good dynamic range on the more upbeat tracks too.

Have only played the A and B side so far, but it seems like all of the songs are slightly faster than they’re supposed to be. I even thought that I accidentally set my turntable to 45 rpm at first, but no, even on 33 it still seems just slightly off. Is this something anyone else has experienced, or is my mind just playing tricks on me?

My copy is not a terrible press, but far from perfect, too. It sounds like they used the same master tape as for the CD -- it is rather low volume, you'll have turn that volume knob more than usual for this record, which then makes you hear surface quite a bit of noise on silent parts, and low frequencies are too strong, while mids and trebbles lack a bit. They should've put a bit more effort to this IMO. I guess the CD edition is better, but OK, right? It is still an Evangelion record. XD

Pro-tip from current day, this seems to be constantly repressed. Since I've bought this I've seen my local record store restock new editions like 3 times. So unless you want a specific pressing, it's very likely you can find this release for retail price. Seriously I've seen this record posted for absurd prices on eBay and the like, but until further notice it's really not worth much more than $40-60 USD depending on where you find it.

Here it is on the GKids site for $35 before shipping:

https://store.gkids.com/products/evangelion-finally-vinyl

Residual noise in the right channel on multiple sides of my copy, makes a lot of the softer songs unlistenable 🙃

got this as a gift from a friend, lovely release. i don't play much vinyl anymore but this is a really stunning release, packaging could be a bit more substantial and it's an odd tracklist (happy to see the ost get reissued, though) but both records look and sound perfect.

the first vinyl (side A/B) from my copy has a strong curvature with a very noticeable wave. The mass is quite noisy, but the sound quality is not bad. too many low frequencies

Picked this up from Amazon recently and found SIde B to have a tonne of hiss/noise on the right channel. I had heard that was a potential risk. I also tested on another turntable to make sure it wasn't my setup, and it was the same deal.

Returned it and got a replacement. This time Side B was fine but Side A had that right side hiss/noise.

I didn't even bother listening to C or D on either LP. Not sure that I want to roll the dice again.

They've done Eva dirty.